When the new high school opens on Aug. 29 it will be equipped with 24 student desks and chairs and a teacher desk and chair in each classroom and a file cabinet, utility table and three-shelf bookcase.

The new high school also will be hard wired for desk top computers and there will be wireless capability, School Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea said.

“We will have a very high speed network,” O’Shea said.

There will be a mix of personal computers and Apple computers, including tablets, laptops and desk tops, O’Shea said. “It will be a flexible design,” he told the School Committee.

School Committee member D. John McCarthy said he would like to review the individual computers which will be purchased. He said the school district should consider purchasing LED monitors and projectors for the potential cost savings on electricity.

McCarthy said he also wants to study further the brand and model of computers which will be purchased to get computers with a good performance record.

McCarthy said further savings are possible in the purchase of language lab equipment. He said he will work with Minnechaug Regional High School Principal Stephen Hale to get the best equipment for the money.

McCarthy said the School Committee also will have to begin making plans to set aside funds for when the individual computers need to be replaced. Computers need to be upgraded every four years, he said.

The new high school is scheduled to open Aug. 29. After the new high school is opened, the existing high school will be demolished and playing fields will be constructed. The access roads also will be upgraded.

File photo by Michael S. Gordon / The RepublicanMinnechaug Regional High School building in Wilbraham